So there are a few of you that know that we put a bid on a house shortly before Christmas. It was a house we were severely low-balling since it was on the verge of foreclosure so they were going for a short sale, and the house was pretty trashed (cosmetically, anyway). Anyway, we got news back, and sad to say, the sellers were not approved for a short sale. I'm not sure if that means that the bank would rather foreclose, or if they think they could get a better offer. But it looks like we're back on the house-hunt.

We are in luck, however, since it seems the Fed is going to lower the interest rates again. I'm not sure how low it will go, but it's only good news for us. And we've been very good squirreling away money (and our Christmas bonuses =D ) so we're in a good place if we can find another fixer-upper, or just end up having a nice down payment.

But it's kinda bad timing, though, since our company got rather busy during the holidays and we're on overtime. We're working a fifth day in our 4-10 schedule, and that means only two-day weekends for us to go on house showings. Yeah, yeah, that's what normal people have, I know. But it is pretty tiring to have several 50-hr workweeks in a row. I wonder how those work-a-holics do it.

Oh, and don't forget to wish Whateley a Happy Birthday, everyone!